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Spain and Europe before the Conquest

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the kingdom that the Muslims founded in the territory of the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Al-Andalus

b)

Cataluña

c)

Granada

d)

Mallorca

2.

In what century did the Muslims conquer the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

8th century

b)

9th century

c)

10th century

d)

11th century

3.

True or false. The Al-Andalus territory was divided into taifa kingdoms, which facilitated the Christian reconquest.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or false. Towards the end of Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula, the territory of Al-Andalus was reduced until only the Kingdom of Granada remained.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

True or false. In the 8th century the Muslims were definitively expelled from the Iberian Peninsula.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True or false. The kingdom of Granada was reconquered for the Crown of Castile by the Catholic kings.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or false. Constantinople was the crossroads between the European and American continent.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or false. Constantinople was a key point in trade due to its strategic location.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or false. One of the main consequences of the taking of Constantinople was that Christopher Columbus reached the American continent.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or false. With the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, trade routes between East and West opened and improved for Europeans.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was the religion of the Caliphate of Córdoba?

a)

Islam

b)

Catholicism

c)

Hinduism

12.

What was the religion of the Kingdom of Castile and Leon?

a)

Islam

b)

Catholicism

c)

Hinduism

13.

What was the religion of the Kingdom of Aragon?

a)

Islam

b)

Catholicism

c)

Hinduism

14.

What was the religion of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada?

a)

Islam

b)

Catholicism

c)

Hinduism

15.

In what century did the Ottoman Turks manage to take the city of Constantinople?

a)

11th century (1000-1100)

b)

13th century (1200-1300)

c)

15th century (1400-1500)

d)

17th century (1600-1700)